Improvement in spring attachments for vehicles



G. H.SPENGER. ,SPRING-ATTACHMENTS FOR VEHICLES.

- No.- 194:,622. Patented Aug. 29,1877.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIo IMPROVEMENT IN SPRING ATTACHMENTS FOR VEHICLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N o. 94,622, dated August 28, 1877 application filed November 22, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SPENCER,

V of Jersey City, Hudson county, New Jersey,

have invented an Improved Spring Attachment for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification The object of my invention is a spring-support for the bodies and seats of vehicles, constructed as shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 shows the device arranged as a seat-support; Fig. 2, the cross-piece detached Fig. 3, a modification; Fig. 4, a view illustrating a difl'erent mode of supporting the seat; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, views showing the device arranged in different ways to support the body.

in its simplest form the device consists of a case. A, provided with one or more books, a, and a rod, B, passing through an opening at the lower end of the case, and having a shoulder, 00, between which and the closed end of the case is confined a spiral spring, 43, coiled around the rod.

The case A may he made in various ways. In Fig. 1 it is of metal, open at the inner side, to reduce its weight. and cast in one piece with a hook, a. In Fig. 7 itis a bar bent to form lugs 12 2;, through which the rod passes.

Thus constructed, the hook at or other fastening serves to secure the case to the side of a wagon, while the seat, connected to the rod B, is supported by the spring 71.

To facilitate the support of the seat, I employ a detachable cross-bar, H, Fig. 1, on which the seat may rest, or a shorter bar, 0, Fig. 3, may be used, a plate, I, on the seat, having a socket, 0, to receive the upper end of the rod B, and the cross-piece of the seat resting on a flange, k, of the cross-bar.

To adapt the device to support the body of I the vehicle, the cross-bar H is provided with parallel flanges n n, for receiving between .them one of the standards G of an ordinary .springless wagon, a socket, p, for receiving the upper end of the bar B, and lips s s at the ends, having sockets t for the ends of the bar.

When the device is applied to the inside of the standard G, as shown in Fig. 6, the hook at catches beneath the side of the body, which is thus provided with a spring-support.

When thedevice is applied to the outside of the bolster, as shown in Fig. 5. cross-bars X are placed in the hooks a, for the body to rest on. In either case the bar H is secured in-any suitable manner to the standard, which fits between the flanges n a.

By securing a strip, I, in the bar H, and hanging the device to the side of the vehicle, a spring-support for theseat arranged differently from that shown in Fig. 1 is obtained.

Another mode of utilizing the device to support the body is to insert the rod with its spring and case in bearings of a hollow metallic standard attached to the bolster, as shown in Fig. 7.

I claimv The tubular case A, having a hook, a, the rod B, spring 71, and the bar H, having flanges n n and sockets t, all constructed and adapted to each other, and to be applied to the side or seat of a vehicle, substantially as set forth.

in testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the two subscribing witnesses.

. GEORGE H. SPENCER.

Witnesses FRANCIS WILLIAM LAMB,

JOHN PYNE. l

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